Link fabric for bedsprings



Aug. 14-, 1923. 1,464,834

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ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 14,1923.

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Patented Aug. 14, 19 23.

: JACUBISCQHWARTZMANL or snooxrjrn, new YORK.

LINK; A R C l on snnsrnrnes.

Application filed November as, 1921. Serial No. 518,013.

To till whom 'it may concern;

Be it known thatI, JAo n' SorIWAR'rza'rAN,

a citizenoi the United-States, residing at Brooklynyin the county of King-sand State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvementsin Link Fabrics for Bedsprings; and I do hereby declare the 'following to beat full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as ill enable others skilled in the art to Which 1t appertains to make and use the same, reference be ng had to the accomp-anylng draw ings, and to characters of reference marked thereomwlndhform a panel this specifica- This invention relates generally to an improved construction of Wire fabric, and

.novellink elements. making up the same, adapted to provide a fiexible yielding 'bed-. bottom or. springs for beds, couches, and" other furniture. l

The inventionhas for its principal "object to provide animproved Wire fabric made up of interconnected novellink elenientsof such construction, that the fabric may be L very easily and quickly assembled out of said link elements; and when assembled the same lproducesa novelfiexible' fabric. cap'able of resilientflateral'stretch;which renders the fabric "more readily capable of ac commodating itself 5 yieldingly to the conto' ur 'or" the body of the person or persons lying on a bed or couch equipped there vitl1;.

'A further object of the invention iris to provide a novel construction ofwire' link;

element for bed-spring fabrics-which is easily and rapidly'formed, and which islof' suchlcons'truction that the number of bends necessary to its proper formation are re duced to a minimum, While at the same t mea comparativelyisrnall amount of material is required to make upa complete fabr c Y due to the novel shaping'ot said 1111i: elements.- 7 V o i Other objects: of th1sfinvent on, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following'vdetailed description of the same. 7 V ith the various objects of this invention in View, the same consists, primarily,

in the'novel Wire'fabric and link elements therefor hereinafterset forth; and'the invention consists, furthermore; in the novel arrangements and combinations of the sev eral idevicesandparts,,asf Well as, in' athe details of the construction of the same, all

7 of vvhichwvill be more fully described in the following specification, and then embodied,

in the claims appended thereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1n hich:'

l igure l is a fragmentary plan View of a Wire bed-spring 'i't'abric, illustrating one embodiment of the principles of this invention; Fig. 2. is a longitudinal section through thesame, taken on line 2-2 in .lfig. 1'; Fig." 3 is a fragmentary plan viev't of a modified form o'flwire"bed-spring fabric ialso embodying the principles ofthis inx' ention; and Figfel is a longitudinal section through the same, taken on line 4?' h in Fig.3.; r Similarcharacters of reference are employed intlie above described views to indicate corresponding par s.

Bei'erring'now to the form of Wire fabric illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the dravvings the reference character 1 indicates a main or primaiylinlrelcment, which is formed from a single length of Wire suitably bent to produce'a substantially ll/l'shape, comprising parallel" longitudinally extending laterally spaced leg portions 2 integrally connectedbtogether at their-upper ends by a .=la t eral 'i -shaped 'po'rtion' 3. The junctions of jtheupper ends of saidleg portions 2 tviththe outer ends of the intermediate V-shaped portion 3 provide rounded loopportions or seat portions 4. The free or lower extremities of said leg-portions 2 are turned or bent back upon themselves to form eye-portions or hooks '5, disposed to ends bya lateral ll-shaped portion 8. The

junctions ofthejupper ends of said leg portions 7 With the outer ends of the intermediate \hshaped portion ,8 provide rounded loopor' seat portions The free or lower extremitiesol said leg-portions 7 are turned or bent back upon themselves to form eye-portions orhooks 10, disposed to" extend in a plane at right angles to the general plane of the connector link element.

In assembling the main link elements and the connector link elements together to make up the novel bed-spring fabric, said-main link elements are arranged inlateral rows, in such numbers per row as may be necessary to provide a spring body of desired Width. The said main link elenients, 'as thus arranged, are so disposed that. their eye portions or hooks are in lateral alinernent. The connector link elementsare W assen'ir bled with the main link eleinentsby thread lng a connector link elenient through the eye-portions 5.01 adjacent leg portions 2 of a pair of adjoining niain link elements, so that said connector link extends between and in terconnects one of the leg-portions 2 clone mainlink element with: the adjacent logportion 2 oi an adjoining main link element the loopgor seat portions 4: of the thus assem- I bled next row ofniain link elements. ,The

l ll operations of tl uslassembling alternate'in- V portions T of said coinector ll;

forrnlng substantially continuous 'palrs throughout the Width of the fabric jlVl1en thus assembled the eye-portions or hooks 5 seat themselvesin the respective loop or seat" portions 9 of said connector" link elements.

terconnected la oral rows; of'niain 11:11; elements and connector link elem'entsis car IIGClOIl until a spring fabric of desired length is produced. In the spring -fabric thus produced the leg-portions 2 of t e n aln linkele nents are interconnected and sub al with legstantially longitudina ly a thereby parallel longitudinal strands, running through the fabric, which arelaterally in terconnected at intervalsby the respective Vshaped portions 3 and ii-shaped portions 810i the respective sets of link elei'i'ients.

Tohnish elf the lor :rtudinal outer'edg'es of the fabric thus built-hp, straight finishing llnks .11 llitVlIlgI suitably tormed'hook poi--- Itions 12 and at. their respective ends are interconnected with the outermost connector l nk elements, as shown in l ig. 1. The ends of-the fabric thus clorined are providedwmth colrplin gloops" 14- having; hook portions 15' I forengaging with the fabric at the'terlnini the respective parallel longitudinal strands-provided. in the fabric asabove described. Theta-brie is then mounted or suspended in a suitablesupporting framework (riot-shown)" by the usual helical springs 16 interconnected between said supporting frarnework and said coupling loops 14E.

7 It will be apparent that the respective V- shaped portions and 8 of the inain and connector link elements by reason or their lateral extension and shape tend to provide for a lateral e lasticity-in the fabric, since :Weight or pressure, when applied to or brought't'o bear on the fabric, will tend to cause said Tit-shaped portions to stretch or straightenbetiveen the longitudinal strands in proportion to the amount otweight or pressure, and consequently the tendency of the fabric is to yield readily to the eight of the person, or persons lying thereon in proportion to the downward thrustezgerted bysuch Weight, so that the fabric also tends to conform readily to the-contours of the a body, rendering the bed-spring exceedingly comfortable and-restful asa body support,

.Itwill also he apparent'that the link ,elei ments per se erect si nple design, requiring but crmiparatixely few bends to produce thef desired shape thereof; and due to the simpl i y i l r mora isti econom -in h amount of wire required for their formation is attainedf f Rotor! now to Figs. fiand of the drawn. If ha've illustrated. a some. t

modified {orm'ot fabric."

vantages sought by't 1is inventionas already above n'ientioned, ln thisconstruction, the

main all-n elements l'l ia 'e o't g 'eneral M we 7 but the leg portions l8 thereot are i outlvardly' orfldivergent ltoward lower tog'ether lateral i/Tsl'1tiped po1"tions tions mviae 11 rounded lee te' seat par-- tions 20. The free orlower extremi ieslot said ler-portionsl8 are turned bent upon themselres torin cye portions hooks 2i zit-right angles to the generaliplane or the llnk-body.

"In this modified 'forrn 'ot' fabric instead of employing the small il-flfshaped connector 7 links above described, I employ connector; :ninat loo s 22 having, di'vergent wleefs'23 ter ing' in eye portions or hooks 2 emitter-re loops rial? ri gi.

,ln assembling arranged in lateral ren s, in such-mutualiela tion that eye-portionscr hooks2l oi"; adj a cent leg portio'ns 1 8 off adjoining linlcele me are 'hroughtside by side andfltiteralh alin'ed The connector loops 22 non threaded through the thus" arranged eve pOltlQHS'Ol' hooks 21 "so as to engage with each connector loop 22 l apairo 1T1 The next lateral ro'iv O'i'jmem' linksare threaded tl'irough the eye-portions or ooks ot' the connector li s, so th athdio nine: inanrlinkshave their adjacent seatpo 1 s ve y e gage with the 'respectite V ee ends. The iipperends' if;

-p ort10ns 18 are integrally connected .iunctions of which with said. legoi I p p this niodified form of fabric, the main link elements 17' iii p ich embodies, however, the'principles and pract cal fad.

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legs of said connector links. Finishing links 25 are interconnected between the longitudinally disposed outer rowsof main links 17 to produce a straight finished edge or margin at each longitudinal side of the fabric.

Helical springs 26 are connected'with the ends of the fabric to resiliently suspend the same upona suitableframe or support (not shown). v V

An inspection of Figs. 8 and 4 will clearly indicate that the above described modified form of springfabric will provide for that lateral resiliency, flexibility or stretchwhich renders the fabric comfortable and restful as a body support, in substantially the same manner as already set forth in connection with the first described form of fabric. 1

1. A wire fabric comprising a plurality of main links having substantially parallel legs interconnected together by a V-shaped expansible portion at one end,'said main links belng arranged slde by" side in transverse rows, the main links-of one row being longitudinally alined with the main links of adjacent rows, and a plurality of'connector links,- said connector links serving. to

mutually interconnect both transversely and longitudinally adjoining main links.

2. A Wire fabric comprising a plurality of M-shaped main links arrangedin rows" versely of the fabric, the free ends of said links having hook-portions, and a plurality of small Elli-shaped connector links, the free ends of said connector links havinghookportions, the closed ends at the upper sides of said small iVl-shaped connector links being engaged respectively by the hook-portions at the ends of'adjacent large ltd-shaped 'links in one row while the hook-portions at the free ends of said connector links are engaged respectively with the adjoining closed ends of adj acent'large iVl-shaped links in the next row. v

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of November, 1921.

JAO'UB SCHVVAETZMAN.

Vfitnesses GEORGE D. RICHARDS, ADoLrH HANsnN. 

